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Okay I am a bit lost with the material editor thing

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I have never tried the material editor method, but i believe it works like this:

open the material editor, apply the texture you want as the original background (in your case, black) to whatever you are using as your background (a plane or something).

then at the bottom of the screen in max is the keyframe bar. turn on Auto key and move the slider to wherever you want the material to change. click the key button to set a keyframe there. then apply your new texture to the black background.

when you play it, it should change color at the keyframe you specified. Again, i have not actually done this, so it may not be correct. Damelvin may be able to help you better.

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Do you know how to apply an image with the material editor?

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yes. open a new material in the material editor. now, in the rollout look for where it says "diffuse color" and has a color swatch next to it. next to the swatch is a little gray square (looks like a button with no text on it). click it.

in the new window that pops up, select "bitmap" from the top of the list of green thingys. it will then open a dialog box where you can specify which image you want to use as your texture.

tada! if you did it correctly, you will now have a mateial that looks like your picture repeated over and over again. you will need to adjust the tiling and offset of the bitmap in the material editor in order to get it to fit your object just right.

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Yeah, I am not seeing that difusse color button thing

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it's right there. after you click on it, select bitmap, then load your image. have fun!

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And you make the background image apply how?

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? click the diffuse button select bitmap and make sure after u select the bitmap it tiles right. then apply it to what ever. if you want you can apply it to a plane and use it as a background. you can also uv map it and then it looks good

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basically what i need is an image that you can load with viewport, but can change it.

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if i understand you correctly, then you are trying to do one of the few things that cannot be keyframed, and therefore cannot be easily animated. you can use a video file as your background, or you can do it the simple way and just add the splash screen and 1 second of black in another program.

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That would explain it. Is there way to add a bitmap image with material editor as a whole background?

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if you use a plane as your background, then yes. do it the way previously described.
if you want to use the actual viewport background, then no, you cant. sorry.

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Using cloth reactor I came up with this for the bed cover but I still don't like the corner look. Any suggestions?

Also how would I make a model taht could look like its crumpled paper?

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Can you auto key the enivroment background by chance?

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Also do you guys now where to get the auto desk consent release forms at? Because i can not find them on that streamline site.